Monday, December 9, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Write As If I'm Getting Paid
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a thing. I’m here home all alone and feel the need to write at least something. So here I am rocking and thumbing my Nexus 7. I wanted to bring up that for inspiration, it is hard for me and without writing for weeks, now months, it’s hard to get back into the groove. I know I’m not the only one that has issues with this, and I know I will get back into the swing at some point in time.
I started to write this post last week but never finished it so now I hope I can now. So, have you ever wanted to do something great and life changing? I’ve wanted to make my dreams come true, but I need more time and training to perfect my writing at least when it comes to my screen writing okay my writing in general. So, to pay for this, I’ve decided to create a donation with gofundme.com. I want to convey that in the end, things will make not only my life better but my families too.
To update myself here on this is that I haven’t written in another couple of weeks, and it seems to be a never ending flip flop. Many people write because they have a passion for it. Other write because they can’t seem to do anything but. Well, I write because I can, and I like to, but for the past few months I haven’t because I want to get paid for what I write. I want people to see my words even though they may not be crisp, clear and perfect like other things in life. I need to turn my head and start to write as if I was being paid even though I’m not. This would keep my motivation, and I wouldn’t lose sight of what the outcome may come to be. I’ve been trying to write a comic book idea for a Top Cow competition, but I think I need to write as if I was already working for them. I need to write as if God is paying me. I need to not stop for one moment of breath without the words, the ideas and the dreams that won’t stop I want to keep moving forward and back and not be stuck in a rut like I am now I need to write as if I will get a paycheck in two weeks. I need to set goals, not putting a limit on my few words and ideas, but to keep moving and keep doing. That’s what I should be thinking of not all the missed opportunities, the missed connection, or the disappointment in feedback I receive.
Come on we all dream we all hope, but where is the passion that others have. What have I done with it?
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Poem: Dream Saved
I dream last night dreams of sun light would never fade.
I dream last night that life would fade
I dream last night that time would pass like a blink of an eye
I dream last night I am a warrior that would never back awayI see that I’m not a visionary that I’ve wanted and seen
Dismal and bleak it seems my life is not what people think
But I’ve given up it is seen and the warrior is dead
Will I rise from the grave to battle to live
I dream last night that life would fade
I dream last night that time would pass like a blink of an eye
I dream last night I am a warrior that would never back awayI see that I’m not a visionary that I’ve wanted and seen
Dismal and bleak it seems my life is not what people think
But I’ve given up it is seen and the warrior is dead
Will I rise from the grave to battle to live
I dream last night I saw an Angel
I dream last night I saw myself as a boy with a belief in myself
I dream last night that a dream came alive
I dream last night only to see my death
Darkness has taken hold and will not loosen its grasp
Life never ending is a lie
To be reborn after one life to another
I will soar like a dove white as snow
As dirt is wiped to clean it away
I wipe my mind of yesterday
To bring new life I will fight for
I dream last night that I was saved
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Will you ever remember me?
You may always wonder if a decision you made long ago was the right one. I know for me, I think that it was, but maybe I was wrong. Being a Believer, I always thought going to church having faith that life would end up better, never told me that having faith would last a lifetime and the struggles for a better life too. I know I haven?t written in a week and I kind of miss it, but it?s so hard to do when (you don?t take your meds) and are sick. One thinks of blowing the nose trying not to cough because it hurts too. But I never believed I would think of my life and decisions I made from the past all over again. This week I thought and prayed to God that things would get better no more scrounging to pay bills and thinking of debt that won?t go away (school). I never though me wanting to be a writer would take so long to figure out and to get noticed. I?m still not known, yet my cousin is, and he struggled why wouldn?t my name just get me out to the world with his? Wilson Rawls if you were alive would you help me?
I?ve said I wanted to be a novelist, and then it was a comic book writer, and then to screen plays, back to comic book. Well, I know I?m supposed to (or at least I think I am) write scripts of some kind entering contest only to spend money and nothing turning into anything. Then being told I should pitch my script yet it wasn?t perfect and things need to be perfect. I?m unknown, unagented/manager, No one knows who I am yet those who’ve read my writing say I have potential. Well, why won?t you help me make my writing perfect and to sell it too or at least get an agent who will mentor me? Well, this has not come to pass, and I don?t know if it ever will. I know my wife supports this decision, but without being able to help her live a non-dull life and not worry about bills is something I want to do, but I don?t want a regular job. (I hate people, okay customers, so needy)
Being sick sure does make you think of things you wouldn?t be otherwise, or maybe you would just not at that time. I know I seek fame, but now I just seek someone to help mold me further into the writer I want to be and to make a paycheck no matter how small. I would like to be a man, but for some reason, I?ve lost hope in myself, God, people, the government. Hope helps us dream, but when we lose our dreams, we lose our hope, and I have lost both. I would if I didn?t have my wife dogs and mother in the world today commit suicide. I have thought of it ?doctor? because really those are the only people who would mourn for me, but if they too weren?t here, then why would I need to live. My dreams are dead. My faith is weak or gone. My hope is gone.
No one will read this, but my wife and mom. So who am I really writing this for myself, my ego, my God, or just something else? I don?t know what tomorrow will bring, but so far I can predict it and it will be like any other day boring, lifeless, finically mind blowingly depressing, dull, full of love from two dogs, my wife, my mom, but what will be different. I?ve tried to make each day different and knew only to be consumed of yesterday shit in todays. I know there are crises all over the world I know there are people worse off than me, but why do I have the heart to help and give, yet have nothing, but shit in my hands?
?Don?t forget me when you made it,? people used to say when telling them of my dreams and what I wanted to do. Well, today I ask you will you ever remember me?
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Quotes
#Hope is the thing that #helps us #dream, #dreaming helps us #believe to believe #makes us #see what is not, yet what is #hoped for.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
New Flash Series
He worked for the police as when he appeared in the 1990s. He was a smart man this creature of habit. One day while working with chemicals all around him lightning strikes, and he is then thrown across the room. He awakes to find himself a mess, and he finds himself surprisingly well after being electrocuted. Yes, you may now know what I?m talking about. The Flash!
With the new season of Arrow being on the way on the CW there are now talks of Barry Allen coming to the show then when he is done he’s going to get his own show. Well, how will they move the story along when his origin might show up in Arrow, that is the question?
“We plan to introduce a recurring character and the origin story of Dr. Barry Allen, who you know as The Flash,” said network President Mark Pedowitz. “We do want to expand upon the DC Universe. We think that there are rich characters we can use, and we felt like this was a very organic way to get there.”
When Smallville was on The Green Arrow had a lot of face time on TV for longer than a season, and with this came the revamp and new Arrow. It can be seen that other DC characters are coming out of the woodwork, and it would be nice to see a young Bruce Wayne or even have Tom Welling back playing Clark Kent without the Superman behind him. This is great for TV and DC. Marvel may have the movie world, but DC will have the TV world and has had a good run at Batman cartoons and Teen Titans (not the new, but the one from a few years back).
I enjoyed the 1990 series even though it didn?t last long. Superboy was eh okay. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman had a decent four year run. I myself like seeing DC on TV because on only it?s kind of rhymes it good to have diversity on the Big Screen and Small. Again, Wonder Woman was a hit for a few seasons, but the reboot to the show didn?t even get out of the gate and on the air. I would?ve like to see what they had instore, but if they are doing what they think they’re doing in the way of Amazon (so rumored) as an origin story as like Smallville did for Superman. To see how they would work that into the story. All I know is I don?t mind if a show is full of female characters and only a speck here and there of men.
I want to know if John Wesley Shipp will make a cameo playing Barry?s boss or something. I like Arrow, and I hope it can make 10 seasons like Smallville, and I hope I can get an episode to write. Come on I can dream can?t I?
?I?ve got fresh intel on exactly what brings Central City PD CSI Barry Allen to Oliver?s orbit. The would-be speedster travels (not by foot, I assume) to Starling City while investigating a series of brutal slayings that he believes may have a connection to his mother?s years-ago murder ? a crime for which his father has been unjustly imprisoned.? A report on TV Line stated.
I feel that this has not only been a long time coming, it also comes from the news of the recently has released Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. Giving us an insight into to the past of Barry. I know I won?t be able to wait for episode 8, 9, and then 20 of Season 2. Can you wait for the Flash to appear on Arrow?
Ego
I have been told last week that my writing sucks again, it has brought me back down. My Ego was hit, and I feel that I’m a fool and a sham. I am a writer who has issue’s writing. One who doesn’t have the crisp clear wondrous words that flow smoothly down the stream of the mind. It is a desert of few words a place that causes concern. I look at Instagram liking people’s pictures, but how can I pay bills doing this. I’ve set up my blog to try to make money, but how can I when my mom’s the only one to read this (hi mom, I love you). How do I work without working? This isn’t possible is it?
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Sleep Apnea Can Cause Mental Illness
#articles #news #guardianlv #sleep #bipolar #mental #illness #breakdown #mood
Sleep Apnea Can Cause Mental Illness http://guardianlv.com/2013/08/sleep-apnea-can-cause-mental-illness/
Monday, August 12, 2013
Bad Day
Everyone has a bad day, and man did I have a bad day. Saturday my wife was taking a nap when Titus our lab mix starts to love on her. As he was getting his belly rubbed, he smacks her in the eye. He ends up scratching her eye, today (Sunday) it looks bad, so we head to the emergency room. We decided after that while we waited for her prescription to be filled that we would get some groceries. It was an okay thus far. Then it was time for us to leave after the groceries and picking up her meds.
We then start to drive home. I thought I had enough room, so, I passed a guy. He pulls up next to me as he swerves into my lane and yells and flips my wife and me off. Therefore, in her frustration, she flips him off. He throws something out of the window and then again, swerves so I freak, and before I know it, I’m trying to slow down, and we hit bumpers. Well, I try to pull over so that I could stop, and he won’t let me, so I slow and get behind him. Finally, we stop he gets out and yells. My wife gets out as I look for the hazards since this truck was given to me, and I was freaking out I forgot where they were. He still yells then gets in my wife’s face. She at this time can’t see in one eye because of Titus. She then shoves him because she felt threatened. The guy just kept on walking forward, without pushing her back, pushed her back.
I get out. He just yells and cusses, and I apologize yet he was the driver who was being an aggressive if I did cut him off, I didn’t do it on purpose, but if there was room, he sped up enough for that room to become nonexistent. He should have just said idiot and not over react. I know I wouldn’t have, or maybe I would have. Again, I’ve been without a couple of my medications, so I don’t know what kind of mood I was in, or would have been in. I know I wasn’t pissed I was more scared then anything.
The guy says I’m taking your license plate, and I’m calling the cops. I apologize again, and then he says, “Just go home.” Then he leaves, there has been a few men watching this confrontation, so they are on the phone with the police. Instead of leaving the scene, we stayed until the police came. We stated our case, and the cop said nothing could be done. Well, after all this my truck ends up with a bent bumper the other guy had nothing wrong with his truck, before he sped off.
It was a bad day. I came home my wife talked on the phone while I was in the other room crying like a babe. My faith is weak, my mind too. I’m glad we are alive, but I hate driving. We all lose our heads when we get behind the wheel. It’s a fact!
Bad Day
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
New Job
You might be wondering what I’ve been doing for those who read my blog. Well, I’ve been writing for an online newspaper. It’s called The Guardian Express. It has only paid me $50 because it’s based on views and well, for some reason, my writing isn’t being views like I would like, and hope for. I’m working on turning my comic book into a movie script and working on other ideas. So, yeah, many things on my mind and plate, family being one of them. It’s crazy this life. No more school since well, I ran out of financial aid, and it sucks, but I just have to go on with life. Well, check out my writing at guardianlv.com
New Job
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Ring of Wishes Clip
INT. GAS STATION – NIGHT
Zane walks in. He has a card in his hand that has some
numbers on it.
Zane waits in line, there are four people two men and one
woman and one child.
The one man by himself he isn’t tall and has brown hair and
eyes; he wears a T-shirt on with a skull and cross on it. He
wears shorts that go just bellow the knee.
The woman (CALISTA) and other other man (NICK), this couple
they have a very little and very young boy (DANL) with them.
She wears short shorts; she is fit; she has a nice flat
stomach being shown off with a shirt that is tied up. She
has blue eyes and sandy blond hair. The man with her also
wears shorts and T-shirt of different colors. He is very
tall and has brown hair with highlights and blue eyes; he
also is very fit. The little boy was topless and had shorts
on that are puffy because of his diaper.
The first man pays for his items. Then Calista, Nick, and
Danl get up to the counter. Danl is about four, he looks up
at Zane; as Danl holds Calista’s hand. Zane waves at Danl,
and smiles. Danl gets closer to Calista. Calista turns and
smiles at Zane.
Calista, Nick, and Danl pay for there things then walk out.
Zane walks up to the front.
CASHIER
(looking down)
How can I help you?
(looks up)
Oh, you again. You know if you keep
playing one day you just might win.
ZANE
Haha! Thanks I hope one day I do
win.
CASHIER
So what are you needing?
ZANE
I need a quick pick then one using
these.
Zane hands them the card. The numbers are 5, 15, 25, 3, 43,
and 23. The cashier goes over to the lottery computer
system. Zane crosses his fingers. The cashier then prints
out the ticket then returns to the front of the counter.
CASHIER
Aren’t these the same numbers you
play every other day?
ZANE
Yep!
(puts a five on the counter)
I hope tonight’s the night.
The Cashier takes the money and makes change.
CASHIER
(hands him a dollar)
I’ll cross my fingers for you!
ZANE
Thanks!
Zane walks out, he then sees the couple and waves.
ZANE
I wish I had a wife and kid like
them one day.
Zane gets in his truck and drives off.
CUT TO:
Ring of Wishes Clip
Sunday, April 14, 2013
My Calling
It was recently that I felt strongly that I found my calling. It’s screen writing!! You may ask yourself that you’re a jobless 32-year-old, and you now found your calling. I say yes! It was recently that I felt that God showed me this. I was entering my next-to-last class for school, that I was told that my writing (novel) was needing work. However, I was told that I have great promise in screen writing. I was ecstatic when I received this information. I wanted to get a movie sold ASAP. This can only be done with the help and guidance of God. I want to let you know that I have faith. You may ask me why?! Well, my wife and I were able to refinance our home, and we don’t have to pay for a couple of months, and they gave us money. After feeling that we would need it soon and God gave it to us. We got money from taxes, and things look like we will be just fine for a few more months until I get more writing out and sell a script or two. Now back to writing.
My Calling
Friday, April 12, 2013
Bin Weeks
It’s bin many weeks since I’ve actually posted a blog entry why well. There are very few who read my entries (Thanks Mom!). So, I decided to post one today telling of my ups and downs of the past I don’t know month or so. Well, if you haven’t read my other posts, I do have Faith in God, and that he has blessed me more than I can even imagine, but I know he has more for me. Well, I’ve decided to share that he has helped my wife, and I refinance our home so that’s more money into the pocket, but even with that as a blessing and not having to pay for two months of mortgage I still don’t have a job. Well yes, it’s because I’m not looking as hard as others would hope. But I don’t want a regular job. I want a writing job writing blogs for others screenplays for movies even if there not my own original ideas, as long as I can write. Therefore, I say this send a writing job my way if you like if not I just hope you read this and post it for others to read.
I should be working on my movie scripts, so I’m going to keep this short. Have a great day/night!
Bin Weeks
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Waiting Room
Waiting Room
INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT
Pacing back and forth we see MATHEW in 20s, brown hair,
brown eyes, about 5’8″ and he is sweating. A doctor in a
white coat comes up to Mathew and gives him a pill.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I didn’t think I would end up here,
and I didn’t think my life would go
this way. Just like many have said,
yes I feel it’s a cliché. I thought
different doors would open for me.
I even hoped for an open window, I
could at least look into or out
of. I thought…
This young man sits down in a chair that’s against a wall.
He grabs a Kleenex from a box that sits next to him on a
small table with magazines on it. He wipes his forehead.
MATHEW (V.O.)
…I thought.
He puts his head down.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I never would have seen this
coming. I didn’t see any of my
friends, those few I had come to
visit. I never thought I would be
the only one here I had always
wanted a younger or even older
brother or sister, but no that
wasn’t in the cards for this
family.
He slowly puts his head up. Flashes of guns are seen.
MATHEW (V.O.)
My mind raced as if it were in a
100-yard dash.
He puts his head against the wall. Then images of demons are
seen. Then those demons turn into witches that have tops on,
but they are bottomless and others creatures surround the
witches.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I closed my eyes only to see
visions of creatures taken hold of
me.
Mathew is seen being grabbed at by these creatures. He
breaks free and starts to fly. The creatures grab at his
pant legs. Then he flies through different scenes, as if he
was going through pages of a book.
MATHEW (V.O.)
The thing that I noticed mostly was
that I was flying through different
scenes, as if I were going through
pages of a book or several
different movies spliced together.
These witches that I saw, for some
reason, they were showing their
pelvic bone, and I saw them all
with pubic hair. They did have tops
on, but this. What the hell what
weird nightmare is this?
He then sees a girl. She is beautiful and in need. Mathew
runs for her as she is surrounded by different creatures.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I see me trying to help a girl…
Then the girl turns into one of the bottomless witches.
MATHEW (V.O.) (CONT’D)
…only to find out she was one of
the witches…
After this her face starts to melt away.
MATHEW (V.O.) (CONT’D)
…and then her skin begins to peel
off her face; melting like a
candle.
Mathew wakes up suddenly, shakes his head, and rubs his
eyes. He readjusts himself in the chair.
MATHEW (V.O.)
What is going on with my mind? I
don’t know what’s going on.
The intercom goes off. A doctor is being called to a room.
Mathew he starts to slouch in his chair.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I could only sit low in my chair as
I had these visions of creatures
and witches. Why witches? Why
bottomless? Why did they have a
full patch of pubic hair?
Mathew starts to dream the same dream.
MATHEW (V.O.)
These questions I contemplated as I
still watched this dream, and I
tried to figure out what it was
telling me. Nevertheless, it was
gone after a few minutes, but was
it a few minutes or was it a few
hours?
Again the intercom goes off calling a doctor and nurse.
INT. HOSPITAL – DAY
Mathew gets up and starts to pace again.
MATHEW (V.O.)
After hearing the intercom again. I
decided to walk around the room to
see if this would help my mind slow
down. My head pounded like someone
was taking a hammer to it. I didn’t
have any Adderall with me. I’ve
taken it for fifteen years, and it
still helps my mind to slow down. I
didn’t start taking it until I was
a teenager because no one really
noticed or really cared I had
issues with my concentration. At
least tonight a white coat noticed,
and gave me something for the pain,
but I guess it wore off.
More people start to fill the waiting room. They come up to
Mathew and pat his back, hug him, and you can see there
mouth move to say, “I’m sorry to hear what happened.”
MATHEW (V.O.)
More people started to fill up the
room, and I became more agitated. I
felt trapped, and I was one who
just couldn’t handle it. I was
hoping that one of the white coats
would come in and tell me some good
news, but like my mom used to say,
“hope for the best, but expect the
worst.” My parents have always been
there for me, and I never would
have thought I would never see them
again, but this was the outcome
that came my way.
EXT. BANK – DAY
Slow motion. Mathew and his parents drive into a parking
lot. They get out of there car.
MATHEW (V.O.)
School never taught us how to cope
with certain things, nor did they
do a very good job at seeing a
problem and take the time to talk
to you. They just seemed to have a
mindset to teach, but never to take
the time to love the child and his
differences. They also never took
the time to find out why they
changed their daily routine, and
acted the way they did.
They walk to the banks doors. Mathew grabs the door handle.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I always found it hard to talk to
anyone and, well, all I could focus
on is fixing things. I hated it
when I couldn’t figure something
out, but I never wanted help.
Mathew opens the door.
MATHEW (V.O.)
After time, and then more time, it
would come to me, and I would be
able to fix the problem.
His parents walk through the door.
MATHEW (V.O.)
It was either putting a computer
together or putting a car together
or taking it apart, depending on
what needed to be fixed.
Mathew walks in behind his parents.
MATHEW (V.O.)
Even so, I never seemed to be able
to fix my own life though, and
this, I hated.
INT. BANK – DAY
There are many people in the bank doing banking things.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I hated that life would go one way,
normally good for those around me,
and then, when things finally went
my way, I would hit a steel door.
Mathew and his parents go to a big table like structure with
deposit slips and pens.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I laughed at it because I could
take any sheet metal and form it
into whatever I wanted to with
these tools that school provided.
They fill out some slips. Then walk to a line.
MATHEW (V.O.)
This is how it would end; no kind
words could be said. Nothing would
change the outcome of this hell I
called my life.
INT. HOSPITAL – DAY
People are in the waiting room talking to each other.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I heard people say, “at least there
still alive.”
Mathew moves his mouth to one of the people in the room.
MATHEW
I wish I was the one who went
through hell, and either died or
life finally brought a great end.
Mathew walks up to a nurses station.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I couldn’t take it anymore, and I
just wanted someone to tell me what
the hell was going on.
Mathew starts to talk to the nurse at the station.
MATHEW
Were they still alive or did they
die? Just tell me. I wanted the
voice overhead to come on and tell
me some good news.
The nurse says something, but can’t be heard.
MATHEW (V.O.)
All I could hear was mumble. And as
far as the intercom, all I could
hear was static.
Mathew then asks the nurse.
MATHEW
Can you get a white coat to come in
and tell me anything.
The nurse gets on the phone.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I wanted any news any news would
ease my mind.
The nurse gets off the phone and shakes her head.
MATHEW (V.O.)
Ah, this was the sign I didn’t
want, I wanted a nod.
The nurse moves her lips as to say “that someone would come
to let you know when they know.”
MATHEW (V.O.)
But she said that one would come to
me when they knew something. My
mind still not at ease, and I was
ready to scream. I didn’t want to
close my eyes again for I didn’t
want to see those witches and
creatures again. I knew they would
return like a dog to its own vomit.
Mathew then asks the nurse for a aspirin.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I decided I would ask the nurse if
I could get something for the pain.
My head just throbbed as if one was
taking a hammer to my skull.
Mathew takes the aspirin from the nurse then walks back to a
chair.
or at least something to make me sleep even if it was in one
of these chairs that were stiff and uncomfortable. She was
able to get a white coat to agree to something for the pain;
I didn’t ask what it was I just took it.
MATHEW (V.O.)
A couple more hours went by…
We see a clock and it changes from time to a couple house
later.
MATHEW (V.O.) (CONT’D)
…and finally, a white coat had an
answer for me. They had passed away
from their gunshot wounds, and I
now stood alone.
INT. BANK – DAY
Two masked men enter the bank shooting at the ceiling. They
then point there guns to all the customers.
MATHEW (V.O.)
At the beginning of this mess I
felt it was my fault for what
happened.
Mathews father charges one of the robbers.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I should have helped my dad take
down the thief; the one who took
the money from the bank and my
parents.
One of the robbers shoots his gun.
MATHEW (V.O.)
This I should have been the one to
die this day.
Mathew runs to his fathers body.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I was the one who ran to my
father’s side…
Mathew is shot by one of the robbers. Falls and hits his
head.
MATHEW (V.O.)
…only to get hit by a flying
bullet, but I survived.
Mathews mother then runs to his body.
MATHEW (V.O.)
My mother came to my side only
to…
Mathews mother is then shot.
MATHEW (V.O.)
…meet her end with the same gun
that just shot my father and me.
Even so, I ask why did it just
graze me and hit them?
The robbers run out of the store with no money.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I don’t know what I’m supposed to
do now, they were everything. They
were my life. Now, what am I living
for?
People run out of the bank as police enter.
MATHEW (V.O.)
These stupid clichés came to mind.
I was done. I wanted to see them
for the last time, even if it was
there cold lifeless bodies.
The paramedic enter.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I wanted to hold them and kiss them
one last time, before…
INT. HOSPITAL MORGUE – DAY
Mathew is in between his parents dead bodies as they are the
slabs.
MATHEW (V.O.)
…before; they were put in the
ground. I closed my eyes to cry.
Images of demon, and witches come to his mind.
He opens his eyes, but he is tired.
INT. HOUSE – DAY
Mathew walks in the door and walks to the couch and closes
his eyes.
MATHEW (V.O.)
After 24hrs in the ER, trying to
sleep only to see the creatures and
witches. This time the creatures
grabbed at me only to catch me and
pull me down from the air. The
witches that were showing off their
pubic hair, joined in and their
flesh just melted away as the
creatures tore at me and ripped me
apart.
Mathew wakes up in a cold sweat.
MATHEW (V.O.)
What evil do I have in my mind,
what evil is in my heart?
He sits up and wipes his forehead.
MATHEW (V.O.)
Will this evil consume my last
sliver of goodness? You tell me.
Why are you so quiet? Do you not
have a tongue to tell me what’s on
your mind? Tell me what the hell is
going on with my mind!
INT. HOUSE – NIGHT
In the house it is dimly lit. Blood everywhere a couple
bodies can be see. We then see a close up of a tongue. Then
a woman’s body.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I guess you can’t since you lay
before me. Your tongue lay on the
ground next to your lifeless and
bloody body.
Mathew’s hands are bloody and there is a woman’s face in his
right hand.
MATHEW (V.O.)
I might have just gone insane.
Hahah I think I’m insane. No maybe
you’re the one insane.
Puts the woman’s face up to his.
MATHEW (V.O.)
Oh, you have such a very pretty
face. Haha in my hand. You are the
evil creature! You are the witch!
Waiting Room
Thursday, March 7, 2013
My Interview with Galadriel Stineman
The Galadriel Stineman Story
The End of College Might Not be What Leads You to Your Life’s Goal
Not all college students follow the career they’ve chosen in college, sometimes the path gets a fork in the road, and you have a choice and both are good choices one just feel somehow more of better choice.
This is what Galadriel Stineman came across, and she chose the one she felt she needed to pursue, and that was of becoming an actor. “Yet she never became a child star like Union’s Josh Hutcherson, who made movies before he was 10, or Louisville’s Jennifer Lawrence, who was discovered at 14. Stineman participated in the drama club but never captured a starring role in a play at Newport Central Catholic High School. She had one line in “Annie.” She was a cheerleader, dancer and competitive horseback rider.” (Clark, Northern Kentucky Magazine)
Growing Up
She grew up in Northern Kentucky, were her dad was a tennis player and teacher and were her mom is a nurse. She states that she is, “creative, fun-loving, and a little weird.” But aren’t we all just a little weird in our own ways? She might seem younger when you think because she: “I was always top of my class and skipped a grade.” She was a cheerleader in high school and she did stick her feet into the drama class, but never pursued that as a career. She went to Northern Kentucky University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. If you are wondering how she got her name, “I’m named after the elf queen in Lord of the Rings. My parents liked the books.” She states when asked if she would change her name, “Nope. Not my first one anyway.”
Driving On a Different Road
What steered her toward acting well she has always performed from a young age, feeling she, “came programmed to perform.” She started to, “… recreationally acting when I was in kindergarten.” “She moved to Los Angeles after graduation to pursue the dream started while watching ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Annie.’ While her friends ‘could watch movies and get lost in the story, I would watch the actress and watch her work,’ she said from her Los Angeles home.” (Kiesewetter)
Six months after moving to L.A. she landed her first role in an indie movie titled “Junkyard Dog.” She had auditioned many times prior to her landing this role. What helped her land the role was that she said, “The director said I was the only actress that kept taking the role further and further when he would push me. He said even though I was new, he believed I had the talent to carry the part.” She says that, “The best part of acting is really nailing something. Breaking it down, trying things, exploring it, and then coming up with a product you want to share. It’s very rewarding and always new.” Even though it takes many auditions to land, your first or second role you might need motivation to keep on trying even when you become established in the business. She has steadily been moving forward and getting many roles on TV from “Ben 10,” “Austin & Ally,” “True Blood,” “Betrayed at 17,” “Operation Cupcake,” “Good Luck Charlie,” to “Shameless,” and her more current and recurring role as Cassidy Finch on “The Middle.” She plays the girlfriend of one of the major lead characters. However, with this, it helps her motivation, “This makes me want to never get lazy and keep pushing. I’m starting to see results of many late nights. Also, this is now what I do for a living. Every time a job ends, it’s like being laid off. I have to make sure I keep the jobs coming, or I am unemployed.”
Again, with “The Middle” one would want to know how the cast is, and if they would open their arms to someone new, just breaking into the business. “The cast on ‘The Middle’ is so great. Welcoming and ridiculously skilled. I think they are some of the best comedy performers out there today and that includes the ‘kids.’ They are so fun to work with and to watch.” She does a lot of kissing in the show. Is it weird or is it not? “Honestly, at this point, I’ve made out with a lot of costars. It just becomes another part of the job.” Can chemistry help with the comfortableness of this? “It helps if you at least like each other, or else the audience will feel a lack of chemistry. Luckily, I’ve only had to kiss nice guys!”
She is not a teenager, but she plays one on TV does this make her feel that she is a teenager again? “Playing a teenager can be challenging. It seems like forever ago I was telling one of my parents they ruined my life. But it’s nice. It’s a chance to go back and try some things differently or play the kind of teenager I admired.” She has recently completed, “The Party Is Over” and “Man-Up!” as her next projects as well as more episodes of “The Middle.”
Fandom
I came to know about her in watching “Ben 10: Alien Swarm” a Cartoon Network live-action movie. She started to be seen more just not those in the U.S., but internationally. Even though she no longer affiliated with Ben 10 projects, anymore she still has many that follow her career. With this day and age of technology, Facebook and Twitter, celebrities are able to keep in touch with fans and read what they have to say about their work first hand. Stineman does have Facebook and a Twitter. When asked if how it is to interact with her fans, “Facebook and twitter have become a blessing and a curse. It’s nice to be able to see the support I have and share things with my fans. ON the other hand, some people don’t understand boundaries and will do anything – or pretend to be anyone- to find out intimate details about you. I’ve had to be very careful and rethink the way I use the Internet.” She doesn’t have a blog nor does she interact like some celebrities via video’s and video chat, “Not my thing.”
Other Questions
I asked some other questions that you might find intriguing. I started; If you could have a superpower, what would it be? “I’d like to teleport. Visit home whenever I want and escape to the country.” What is your favorite holiday? ”Christmas. But I’m also a big fan of costumes and Halloween.” What’s the best present you’ve ever received? “That’s a tough one. Literally, I’d say my horse when I was younger. In a more poetic sense, the encouragement and unconditional support I received from my parents. They would have cheered me on in any field. What is your favorite season (time of year)? “I always change my mind. But lately, I’ve been saying Christmas. I love Christmas music and the smell of firewood. Not to mention the crisp air. Love it.”
Stineman has some Irish blood in her; she has red hair, and you may think that jobs are harder to get, but she says that it “can help or hurt. Being redheaded can help or hurt. You’ll rarely see two redheads on the same show. However, it seems to be popular right now, so that helps. And it makes you stand out. I also think it helps for comedy, because for some reason, red seems funny to many people.” Her biggest wish/dream is to,”…establish myself enough in my career that I wouldn’t have to worry about what my next job will be and could afford to move my family out here (California) and travel the world.” ###
You can follow her via Twitter Here.
And you can follow her on Facebook Here.
Bibliography
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialGaladriel
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3004687/
Levine, S. (n.d.). Galadriel Stineman cast in ‘The Middle’ | Variety . Variety | Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences . Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118060114/
Clark, R. (n.d.). Stars in Her Eyes | Articles | Northern Kentucky Magazine. Features | Northern Kentucky Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.bestofnky.com/NKY/Articles/Stars_in_Her_Eyes_96.aspx
Galadriel Stineman – IMDb. (n.d.). IMDb – Movies, TV and Celebrities. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3004687/
Kiesewetter, John. NKY native has big role in next week’s ‘The Middle’. Cincinnati.com A Gannett Company. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Dato=20130117&Kategori=ENT11&Lopenr=301170141&Ref=AR
My Interview with Galadriel Stineman
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Ring of Wishes Script in Part
Ring of Wishes Excerpt
INT. A COMIC BOOK STORE – DAY
A WOMAN walks in the comic book store. She walks to the
left. DANL is being HIDDEN by ALISTER and other customers.
CALISTA
DANL! WHERE are you? DANL!
DANL
MOM! Mom over here.
The WOMAN (CALISTA) who was calling walks over to the DANL
who is by ALISTER who was telling DANL the story.
CALISTA
DANL! Come here!
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4.
DANL
But mom, I’m talking to this man.
He has been telling me a gre…well
I hope a great story.
CALISTA
Hello sir, is my child bothering
you?
ALISTER
No, no he is just fine.
(Alister puts his hand out to
shake hers)
Nice to meet you mam. My name is
Alister.
DANL
Mom, he writes comic books.
CALISTA
Oh…
(Beat)
Oh hi.
(she shakes his hand)
You look familiar.
ALISTER
Oh.
(Beat)
Oh I must have one of those faces.
Alister was trying to place her too, but he was having a
struggling time doing so.
CALISTA
No! No I think I know where.
ALISTER
You…you…do?! Well, I’m in here
at least a couple times a week.
CALISTA
No…no not here somewhere else. I
just can’t place it.
DANL
I thought you wanted me…was it
because you wanted to to get some
food?
CALISTA
Oh, yes…that’s why I was looking
for you. It’s getting late.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 5.
(She takes her sons hand)
Well nice to meet you Mr. Alister,
but we need to go.
ALISTER
Okay, but I promised I would finish
my story tomorrow if you don’t mind
bringing your son back.
CALISTA
Oh! Oh…kay.
Calista walks her son out of the comic book store. Alister
goes back to one of the boxes full of older comics.
ALISTER (V.O)
Now that was weird.
(He shakes his head)
I still can’t place her. Well I’ll
keep on thinking and maybe tomorrow
when I tell Danl more of my story.
As Alister stands in front of the box for a couple of
minutes, thumbing through picking out a comic then putting
it back. Then taking out another as Calista rushes in with
her son being pulled behind.
CALISTA
Alister I…I remember you now.
Where I’ve seen you. That is.
ALISTER
O…Oh really. WHERE?
CALISTA
I…I’ve seen you before I was in
and out of consciousness.
ALISTER
Wha…You, were what mam?
Both Alister and DANL look at the Calista wondering what she
was talking about.
DANL
Mom what are you talking about?
CALISTA
Well, DANL it was when you were
four. Your dad and I went on a date
as you stayed with your grams. It
was five almost six years now.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 6.
ALISTER
Okay so what does that have to do
with me?
CALISTA
You don’t remember? Well let’s just
say you ripped the door off of the
car. And you saved me.
DANL
No…no way is this the guy you
told me about. The
super-strong guy who saved you
before the car you were in blew up.
CALISTA
Do you remember now Mr. Alister?
ALISTER
Ah…
(Beat)
Well…
(Beat)
Yes…yes I remember.
(Beat)
I…well DANL few people know this
story so I’m going to let you and
your mom in on a little secret. It
happened like your mom started to
say. But let me start where it
started for me and my best pal
Su y.
DANL
Who is Su y?
ALISTER
You’ll soon find out.
DANL
Okay…mom can we stay and listen
to the story.
ALISTER
How about this…let us three go
have something to eat, and I’ll
tell you on our way and during our
dinner. How’s that sound?
Pulling at his MOMs jacket.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 7.
DANL
Come on mom he did end up saving
your life.
CALISTA
True. And I do love a great story.
ALISTER
Okay…Let’s go then.
They walk out of the comic book store.
EXT. COMIC BOOK STORE – DAY
ALISTER
I will start my story once we get
in the cab.
(Whistles)
HEY TAXI!
Alister waves his arm.
ALISTER (CONT’D)
It’s going to be a good story.
A taxi pulls over. Alister opens the back door and lets the
Calista in first then the boy. He then himself gets in.
INT. TAXI CAB – DAY
DANL
Okay we are in, start the story.
ALISTER
Hold one moment please.
CALISTA
DANL Shh!
ALISTER
Thirteen and Roosevelt.
CABI
Yes, sir.
ALISTER
Okay let me start.
CALISTA
Wait where are we going to eat.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 8.
ALISTER
Well, Renchos my good Calista.
Sorry had to say that.
CALISTA
That is the new premiere
restaurant.
ALISTER
Yep.
CALISTA
But…
ALISTER
No butts please! I do hope that’s
not on the menu.
CALISTA
Uhh!
ALISTER
Now lets get to the story.
DANL
Mmmhmm!
CUT TO:
EXT. OUTSIDE – DAY (5YRS EARLIER)
We see Alister and a dog walking on a path. We see trees on
one side and houses on the other side.
ALISTER (V.O.)
My dog Su y and I walked the same
path day after day for years behind
our house. They called it the
Greenbelt. They decided to name it
that because the green you can see
with the trees and the green grass.
We see side view of Alister and his dog (SU Y) as some
people jog by.
ALISTER (CONT’D)(V.O.)
Well, it started oh five or six
years ago…
DANL (V.O.)
Yeah, we got that. Come on, get the
story going.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 9.
CALISTA
Shhh! He’ll get to it.
FADE TO:
EXT. OUTSIDE ON THE GREENBELT – DAY (5YRS EARLIER)
We see Alister and SU Y (DOG, Beagle Mix) walk on a path on
one side there are trees the other side has houses and very
green grass.
ALISTER (V.O.)
Su y and I had walked the path
behind our house for years. But I
felt it was time for a change.
(Beat)
So, one day we did just that.
EXT. OUTSIDE ALISTER’S HOUSE – DAY
Alister takes Su y and starts to walk towards his truck.
ALISTER
Su y lets…yeah lets go somewhere
we haven’t been before.
Alister puts the tailgate down.
ALISTER (CONT’D)
Come…get up Su y.
Alister taps the tailgate.
ALISTER (CONT’D)
Come on Su y.
Su y jumps up.
ALISTER (CONT’D)
Good girl.
Alister closes the tailgate.
ALISTER (CONT’D)
We’re going to walk the path in the
forest.
Alister pats Su y on the head.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 10.
ALISTER (CONT’D)
This will be different. Won’t it
Su y?
(Beat)
Damn wish you could talk to
Ring of Wishes Script in Part
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
How To Break In As A Writer: Ashleigh Powell
http://goodinaroom.com/blog/how-to-break-in-as-a-writer-ashleigh-powell/
How To Break In As A Writer: Ashleigh Powell
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Ring A Movie
Movie Script
Logline: The fascinating story of a simple man who travels to a different dimension only to find something so powerful that he doesn’t know what to do with it, but it knows.
Do you wonder what you would do with endless wishes? Would you become a millionaire? Would you become famous? Would you solve all the world’s problems? Or would you even want to become a super hero? My name is Forrest Rawls and I’ve written a script that has fantasy, science fiction, and adventure; and it’s suitable for teens and beyond.
In “The Ring” Alister in his mid-30s finds this power of endless wishes and must not only figure out where it came from, but once he finds out about it, how would he use this power? Would he become a hero, saving lives and helping others? Or would he become self-absorbed and wish for the world to be a slave to him?
Alister raised, as most would hope with loving parents and when he got older, he worked a regular day job, which he hates. Alister decides one day to take his dog for a walk, but not the same path they had always gone, but to a place, they hadn’t walked before. Once on this new path he finds a powerful ring that unbeknownst to him has a great secret and a great power. He drives home from being transported to a different dimension and finding this ring to coming upon something that would not only change his life, but change his thoughts about even the simplest wish, that it can become so much more.
With great power, there are those that seek it and to use it for their will, as with the Zulnar’ of the story. Zulnar’ will do anything in his power to get the ring, but our lead will do everything to keep the ring.
I believe mending fantasy, science fiction, and adventure together with a great script can make anyone who “wishes” for something will see that not all wishes aren’t possible, but full of endless wonders. I hope that your wishes come true.
Forrest L. Rawls
whiteshadowllc@gmail.com
www.whiteshadowllc.com
The Ring A Movie
Monday, February 18, 2013
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